Bits of .NET

📦 Half-finished Feature? Switch Branch Without Committing

Can’t switch branches with uncommitted changes. git stash saves changes, cleans working directory, restores later.

📝 Basic Stash

# Save changes
git stash
git stash push -m "WIP: login feature"

# List stashes
git stash list
# stash@{0}: On main: WIP: login feature
# stash@{1}: On feature: half-done work

# Apply latest stash (keeps in stash)
git stash apply

# Apply specific stash
git stash apply stash@{1}

# Pop (apply and remove)
git stash pop

# See what's in stash
git stash show -p stash@{0}

# Create branch from stash
git stash branch new-branch stash@{0}

# Clear all stashes
git stash clear

🎯 Advanced Stash

# Stash untracked files
git stash -u

# Stash everything (including ignored)
git stash -a

# Stash only specific files
git stash push -m "partial" -- file1.txt file2.txt

# Stash without staging
git stash --keep-index

# Interactive stash
git stash save --patch

💡 Workflow

• Start feature, make changes
• Urgent bug fix needed → git stash
• Switch branch, fix bug, commit, push
• Switch back → git stash pop
• Continue feature work